(
From
Torrey's Topical Textbook
)
Called the green herbs
II Kings 19:26
G
OD
Created
Genesis 1:11
,12; 2:5
Causes to grow
Job 38:27
;
Psalms 104:14
Each kind of, contains its own seed
Genesis 1:11
,12
Given as food to man
Genesis 1:28
,29; 9:3
FOUND IN
The fields
Jeremiah 12:4
The mountains
Proverbs 27:25
The marshes
Job 8:11
The deserts
Job 24:5
;
Jeremiah 17:6
Cultivated in gardens
Deuteronomy 11:10
;
I Kings 21:2
Cultivated for food
Proverbs 15:17
;
Hebrews 6:7
Require rain dew
Deuteronomy 32:2
;
Job 38:26
,27
Mode of watering, alluded to
Deuteronomy 11:10
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
Aloe
Solomon 4:14
Anise
Matthew 23:23
Barley
Exodus 9:31
;
II Samuel 14:30
Beans
II Samuel 17:28
Bulrushes
Exodus 2:3
;
Isaiah 58:5
Calamus
Solomon 4:14
Cummin
Isaiah 28:27
;
Matthew 23:23
Cucumber
Numbers 11:5
;
Isaiah 1:8
Fitches
Isaiah 28:25
,27
Flag
Exodus 2:3
;
Job 8:11
Flax
Exodus 9:31
Garlic
Numbers 11:5
Gourds
II Kings 4:39
Grass
Numbers 22:4
Heath
Jeremiah 17:6
;
48:6
Hyssop
Exodus 12:22
;
I Kings 4:33
Leeks
Numbers 11:5
Lentiles
Genesis 25:34
Mandrakes
Genesis 30:14
; Solomon 7:13
Mallows
Job 30:4
Millet
Ezekiel 4:9
Melon
Numbers 11:5
Mint
Matthew 23:23
Myrrh
Solomon 4:14
Onions
Numbers 11:5
Reeds
Job 40:21
;
Isaiah 19:6
Rushes
Job 8:11
Rye
Exodus 9:32
Saffron
Solomon 4:14
Spikenard
Solomon 4:14
Tares or Darnel
Matthew 13:30
Wheat
Exodus 9:32
;
Jeremiah 12:13
Bitter, used at
passover
Exodus 12:8
;
Numbers 9:11
Poisonous, not fit for man's use
II Kings 4:39
,40
DESTROYED BY
Hail and lightning
Exodus 9:22-25
Locusts, &c
Exodus 10:12
,15;
Psalms 105:34
,35
Drought
Isaiah 42:15
Tithable among the Jews
Luke 11:42
Were sometimes used instead of animal food by weak saints
Romans 14:2
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of the wicked
II Kings 19:26
;
Psalms 37:2
(Dew on,) of grace given to saints
Isaiah 18:4
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